My Life Verse

Matthew 6:33 "But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you."

The Great Commission

Matthew 28:19-20 "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age."

I am going to attempt to get caught up on blogging. I got sick during the last weekend of the play. We still had a great timeliving the life of Christ on stage at the Civic Center. Mark,David, and Hannah were able to see the play Sunday afternoon.It was a little strange for them to watch it instead of being in the play. Hopefully many peoples lives were changed as a resultof the Passion Play!

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Today at The Falls we had kids comingout of every corner. We had 2 newchildren who were brought by a worker atthe school. Apparently their Mom thoughtthey had been coming to our after schoolprogram but in reality they were lyingto her. We hadn't seen them before. The schoolworker and friend explained that they werenot doing well in school. I told her thatwe would help as best as we could but thatshe could look around the room and see thatwe didn't have enough volunteers to workpersonally with each child. Today we had 5worker including my 2 children and myself to work with about 50 children.

Yesterday we had 6 new kids- 4 preschoolersand 2 school age. At our program we have onebig room that we all meet in. It can get verynoisy. We are praying that God would provideus with more space.

Monday, March 22, 2010

We had a great week of performances at theAtlanta Passion Play. I am praying that manypeoples lives are changed as a result!David arrived yesterday morning and was putto work as stage crew. Our family all went out toa late dinner last night. It was good to all betogether again!

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Friday, March 12, 2010

The past few weeks I have been so very busy with all the stuff for my apartment as the new mission director.I have been burning the candle at both ends and it finallycaught up with me. Thursday evening I had some pretty severestomach pain. I had been taking some Zantac for a few days.I added liquid aloe juice and crawled into bed because Icould hardly move. Sometime during the night I woke up witha severe headache. I was afraid to take anything for fearI was developing an ulcer. When I got up I took more liquidaloe ate a light breakfast and finally took something for my head. I spent the majority of the day with my headon the heating pad. My stomach still feels bad but I amstill drinking the aloe juice. Maybe it is all the Mexicanfood I have been eating. I had alot to do but had a kind offorced day of rest. We all need that sometimes!

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Yesterday I celebrated my birthday. It was a great dayfilled with many good wishes on facebook, lunch with myMom at Red Lobster, hugs and love from my family, and hugsand birthday wishes from my kids at the apartment!In reflection, it was on my birthday 3 years ago that Ireceived the letter of acceptance from North AmericanMission Board that I had been approved as a MSC missionary.I remember getting a phone call when I was driving in Atlantafrom one of my daughters saying Mom you have a letter fromNAMB. I told them go ahead and open it and tell me what itsays. I got the great news in the car and remember sayingPraise God what a birthday present. Well last night on my birthday I found out that my church had approved me as oneof their full time missionaries and will now be giving me monthly support. Wow, another great birthday present from God!

We had a great time at the apartment yesterday. The weatherwas wonderful so we helped the kids hurry with homework, postponed childrens choir until later in the week when it issuppose to rain and took the kids outside to play- soccer, frisbee, and jumping rope. They had a blast!

Saturday, March 6, 2010

Today we had a Block Party at The Falls.Crosspointe Church came out and led the eventsfor our residents. They had a live Latino band,an inflatable slide, face painting, balloons,games, and of course food. 9 people prayed toreceive Christ today 2 of the people were acouple from India.Wow, Wow, Wow!!! It was great meeting all our partners from Crosspointe. They did a wonderful job! They teach the ESL classesat the mission each week.

Tonight I had a leadership meeting for The Fallsat our house. I spent the afternoon cooking homemade macaroni and cheese, chipolte chicken, homemade guacamole,homemade tortillas, a pound cake, and brownies. I also cheated a little and bought a confetti rice salad from On the Border.We had a great time of food, fellowship, prayerand planning.

About Me

I am native of Atlanta, Georgia. I was raised in a Christian home with great parents and 2 brothers. I have been married since 1983. My husband Mark and I have six biological children - Rachel, David, Hannah, Sarah, Leah, and Deborah. In 2014 my son married Maricela and I gained a daughter and 2 grand-daughters Ashley and Fatima. We are active members of First Baptist Church of Atlanta where Mark and I met in 1982. I am active in Choir, Sunday School, and World Missions. I participated in the Atlanta Passion Play for 28 years. I am now serving as the Director of the International Village in Atlanta, for Youth Outreach United, working primarily in apartment ministry with refugees and immigrants. I love World Missions and have been to Spain, Morocco, Ukraine, Honduras, and Belarus. We home-schooled all 6 of our children. I am a RN with experience in Neonatal ICU and Newborn Nursery.